Tag: Derek Woodbury
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Denver City Council approves $3.1M to convert hotel rooms into supportive housing
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The Denver City Council unanimously approved a funding agreement worth $3.1 million to assist the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless with rehabilitating 107 hotel rooms into studio apartments. The rooms being rehabilitated sit within the former Clarion Hotel at 200 W. 48th Ave. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless will add services geared towards assisting…
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Denver homeless encampment’s ‘deteriorating conditions’ prompts planned sweep in Capitol Hill
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Approximately 70 homeless people living in an Eighth Avenue and Logan Street encampment in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood were given a seven day camp sweep notice on Tuesday, Denver’s Joint Information Center said. “This cleanup is necessary due to deteriorating conditions, including trash, human waste…
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Denver prepares for second homeless encampment sweep Thursday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver officials gave homeless residents of an encampment site near Logan Street and 18th Avenue until 7 a.m. Thursday to move elsewhere. The city issued the notice for the cleanup on Tuesday. A shooting Monday that injured two homeless people in the encampment likely prompted…
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City Council considers $300,000 increase to Denver Rescue Mission contract
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver’s Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee Wednesday approved an amendment to the contract the city has with the Denver Rescue Mission that will cost taxpayers $300,000 more annually if approved. The proposed one-year, $9…